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Heath Wood cemetery in Derbyshire, England, is a special site, according to bioarcheologist Tessi Loffelmann of the University of Durham, UK, and the Vrige University of Brussels. Dating to the [...]

The workboat I'm riding whips down the Tanana River in the interior of Alaska, just west of Fairbanks. Rains in the past two weeks have made the Tanana high and [...]

The new life, originating at the Mississippi River from the headwaters to the delta is outlined. The Mississippi's north-south flow is crucial for North American biodiversity, allowing lineages of now-rare fish from the age of dinosaurs to survive.

Jake Vander Zanden, one of the Smith fellows, has documented the effects on native lake trout in Ontario when smallmouth bass was introduced. The bass, a voracious Great Lakes-area fish that anglers have carried far beyond its original range, hogs the minnows that the trout also feed on and it was seen that the food web changed dramatically when bass got into the lake.

The comprehensive study of the Upper Mississippi identifies conservation priorities. The team of ecologists from NatureServe and The Nature Conservancy have taken steps in making the restoration a reality.